United Arab Emirates, 29th August, 2011

As a result of changes to some post codes and town names in China, we will update addresses in our shipping tools such as myTNT (including ExpressImport), These changes are planned starting 5 September, 2011.  For TNT customers using myTNT, no action is required, as we will update your address book automatically with the changes.
 
TNT customers using ExpressShipper, ExpressManager will be offered a little tool to help you update your Chinese addresses in your address book. Any other TNT shipping tools, will be provided instructions to update addresses stored on local systems.
 

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - New Instructions of Saudi Food and Drug Department (24th August, 2011)

Please note that the Saudi Arabia Food and Drug Department has implemented new instructions:          

1. No medicines can be shipped under a personal name into KSA
2. No vitamins or steroids for building muscles will be allowed unless it is under a registered company in the Kingdom and approved by the MOH (Ministry of Health)
3. Any movement of medicines into the Kingdom should be with the prior approval from the MOH (Ministry of Health)
4. Any movement of medicines should be packed in temperature controlled packaging.  

Any deviation from this will lead to the consignment being confiscated and destroyed by Customs, a penalty will be levied to the receiver by the Saudi Arabian authorities.

United Kingdom, 10th December, 2010

Following the recent attempts by terrorists to conceal explosive devices on aircraft containing cargo, the carriage by air of shipments containing printer ink or toner cartridges weighing more than 500 grammes had been prohibited.

With effect 10 December, the above restrictions were removed and replaced with a prohibition on  "printing equipment including printers, photocopiers and fax machines with an ink or toner cartridge weighing more than 500 grammes installed in the equipment in such a manner as is to make the equipment operational."

Please be advised, all printers travelling from, to or via the UK must have any ink or toner cartridge removed and shipped as a separate package. It is not permitted to have the ink and toner cartridge within the carton containing the printer, copier or fax machine.

This prohibition is in place until 10 June, 2011 and applies only to shipments by air (Express and Economy Express services where air transport is used).